19 Phoebe Facts That They Don't Know That We Know That They Know That We Know

Phoebe's arguably the best character in Friends - she gets the best lines, the best boyfriends (helllooooooooo Crap Bag), the best pets (we still think about those rat babies now and then) and her family are friggiin' awesome - THE OTHER FIVE FRIENDS, that is.

We've decided here at Comedy Central that each of the main six deserve their moment in the spotlight - and this week we're kicking off with Phoebe, showing all her best episodes 4-8pm Saturday 27th August and 4-7pm 28th August.

And once they've had their minute in the sun, we're pitting them against eachother! Because what's life without a bit of healthy rivalry, right? Right? Use #VotePhoebe on ALL your social channels to show your allegiance!

19 Teeny Tiny Facts About Phoebe Buffay

Phoebe has worked as a phone sex operator, a sombrero-maker, a masseuse, a caterer, a TV extra and at a Dairy Queen.

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Of the show’s six main characters, Phoebe is the one who most often mentions friends outside their circle. Remember Lizzie, the homeless lady with the tin foil hat, or Ethel, whose baby was born with a teeny, tiny beard?

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The only two characters who have never kissed in any way are Monica and Phoebe – everyone else has, if you include off-screen moments and hypothetical ‘what if?’ episodes.

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Phoebe can see and read the auras of others, can read tea leaves, remember parts of her past lives and is an expert on lying and stealing.

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Phoebe says she has a gift of breaking up with people without hurting their feelings - but this isn’t true when she ends it with David, Jason, Vince or Mike.

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Phoebe is fluent in French, and also speaks some Italian (but she can't understand Joey's Grandma - silly writers).

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Phoebe ‘doesn’t eat food with a face’, but in “The One With The Dozen Lasagnas”, she’s spotted finishing off the lasagnas with Monica. When her first husband left her, she was so upset she ate a cheeseburger.

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Phoebe’s first reference to Regina Phalange is when she is trying to contact Ross in England, and pretends to be a Dr. Regina Phalange diagnosing a disease. The last time we hear it is when Phoebe stalls Rachel’s plane to Paris.

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Phoebe has lived in a box, in Prague, in Rachel and Monica’s apartment, and a burnt-out Buick LeSabre.

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Lisa Kudrow beat Kathy Griffin and Jane Lynch for the role of Phoebe.

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Ellen DeGeneres was offered the role of Phoebe—but she turned it down.

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Phoebe was originally conceived as a goth girl. That version of the role was offered to Janeane Garofalo, who passed.

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Lisa Kudrow starred in 1991 horror movie ‘The Unborn’, about a fertilisation process gone horribly wrong. Strangely enough, she went on to act out the process in character as Phoebe.

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Phoebe dates 16 people over the ten series - more than anyone else in the group except Joey (he dated 17).

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Kudrow’s pregnancy was written into Friends (Seasons 4 and 5), with her character Phoebe having triplets as a surrogate mother for her brother Frank and his wife Alice because they were not able to have children.

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Phoebe believes in reincarnation and psychic powers, but won’t accept concepts like evolution and gravity.

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Lisa Kudrow was so heavily pregnant while filming ‘The One With Ross’ Wedding’, doctors actually did order her not to fly.

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Towards the end of the series, Lisa Kudrow and Matt LeBlanc pitched the idea that Phoebe and Joey had been hooking up secretly the entire time.

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Lisa Kudrow received a Golden Globe Award nomination and won the Primetime Emmy Award for her role as Phoebe. WHAT A BABE.

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Related: Go Backstage At FriendsFest With Janice!

Take A Tour Round FriendsFest With Janice!

The first proposal of Friends Fest 2016! Smiles all round, thank goodness. (Because she said yes!)

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FriendsFest 2016 is even bigger and better than last year's, bringing the ENTIRE Friends set to spots around the UK for six weeks, with live music, the best clips from the show, games, dressing up booths & more! Here's the best pics from the launch party!

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"Well I gotta buy a vowel, because O- my God!" Maggie Wheeler AKA Janice touched down in London town to shoot a Facebook live stream from Monica and Rachel's apartment, and host our exclusive launch party.

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The Lawson boys went straight to Monica's apartment for some lemonade (what? It was a hot day!).

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Philip Schofield popped down to say hello, too!

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Charlotte De Carle and Danielle Peazer just *had* to get a coffee in Central Perk.

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And Megan McKenna stormed the red carpet, too!

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Damien O'Brien worked his magic on Joey and Chandler's Lay-Z boys.

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Lydia Bright's a huge Friends fan, so of course she came along.

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Adam Pitts flicked through Rachel's cookbook for that infamous English trifle recipe...